NCT06352034

Empathy Training for Psychology Students Trainees

Effectiveness of Empathy Training Among Psychology Students Trainees: A Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Peking University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study aims to examine the effectiveness of empathy training for psychology student trainees who plan to become mental health practitioners. The training consists of five sessions of psychoeducation, three-role group exercises, and Q\&A. Empathy assessment will be based on self-reported, listener-reported, and observer-reported measurements.

Conditions

• Empathy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Empathy Training	The intervention contains five themes: 1) An overview of empathy and emotions. 2) Cognitive empathy and clarification technique. 3) Emotional empathy and reflection of feelings technique. 4) Awaring and dealing with the inner feelings while empathizing. 5) Empathy timing and "emotional pendulum" technique.

Timeline

• Start date: 2024-05-20
• Primary completion: 2024-06-30
• Completion: 2024-12-30
• First posted: 2024-04-08
• Last updated: 2024-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China